#E4E096#E4E096

#E4E096 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.094 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E096
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -9.56, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 38.00, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0252 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.094 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1563, 72.0086, 39.3677)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E096 #969AE4

analogous

#E4B996 #E4E096 #C1E496

triadic

#E4E096 #96E4E0 #E096E4

tetradic

#E4E096 #96E4B9 #969AE4 #E496C1

square

#E4E096 #96E4B9 #969AE4 #E496C1

split-complementary

#E4E096 #96C1E4 #B996E4

monochromatic

#CBC335 #D7D265 #E4E096 #F1EEC7 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E4E096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E096

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E096	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.094 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9b5',
    500: '#e4e096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e096;
$custom-light: #ede9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89296,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E096

secondary

#6166BD

accent

#27C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E096

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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